I look into your eyes and I see the pain you hold inside Aren't you tired of the lies you tell so you can hide What if my friends don't accept me I know What if my parents reject me I know But you won't truely be you Until you can say I am a Catholic That's me, I believe in the Holy Trinity One, two, three Shout it out and make them hear your voice Your posse might not think it's dope To confess your sins, and like the Pope But this is who you are, it's not a choice Not a choice You say you're sleeping in When you're going out, to mass You cut school on Ash Wednesday So nobody will ask Your rosaries hid in your sock drawer Oh, no You sneek into church through the back door Oh, no Time to break out and break free And finally say, I am Catholic And I'm proud Sing it strong, sing it loud I won't deny who God meant me to be Every night you kneel and pray Stand up and be counting today Out of the cloisters, and into the streets Into the streets We are your teachers And you doctors And your Buger King cashiers We're your receptionist And your interns And your Amtrack engineers We are your lawyers And your tour guides And don't forget your actors on TV We are your parents We are your parents! And your brothers We are your brothers! And your children And me! I am a Catholic Yes I am! Long live the Vatican God doesn't make mistakes and he made me Ohhh Let out what you've trapped inside Come on and show your Catholic pride That's how you were meant to be I am Catholic, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore And I'm not gonna hold, back no more No you won't, you won't deny ooh C-A-T-H-L-I-C, Catholic with a capital C That's how it was meant Ooh, ooh That's how it was meant Oooh That's how I was mea-a-a-a-a-ant To be